diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 991fb1b1891..63a07352fb5 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::functionCall(const Token *tokName, const Token *tokOpenin
                 const Library::AllocFunc* deallocFunc = mSettings->library.getDeallocFuncInfo(tokName);
                 VarInfo::AllocInfo dealloc(deallocFunc ? deallocFunc->groupId : 0, VarInfo::DEALLOC, tokName);
                 if (const Library::AllocFunc* allocFunc = mSettings->library.getAllocFuncInfo(tokName)) {
+                    leakIfAllocated(arg, varInfo);
                     if (allocFunc->arg == argNr) {
                         VarInfo::AllocInfo& varAlloc = varInfo.alloctype[arg->varId()];
                         varAlloc.type = allocFunc->groupId;
diff --git a/test/cfg/gnu.c b/test/cfg/gnu.c
index 894f65ba0fc..7b7b2cfec88 100644
--- a/test/cfg/gnu.c
+++ b/test/cfg/gnu.c
@@ -364,6 +364,13 @@ void memleak_asprintf2() { // #12186
     // cppcheck-suppress memleak
 }
 
+void memleak_asprintf3() {
+    char* p = malloc(5);
+    // cppcheck-suppress memleak
+    asprintf(&p, "%s", "test");
+    free(p);
+}
+
 void memleak_xmalloc()
 {
     char *p = (char*)xmalloc(10);